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School of Arts and Sciences
Undergraduate Center, Interdisciplinary Studies Department

The Undergraduate Center is an interdisciplinary, multicultural program within the Interdisciplinary Studies department that offers courses in the Liberal Arts, Social and Behavioral Sciences and general education requirements.

The Learning Community Program is designed for transfer.

Special features of the Undergraduate Center include:

  • Continuing personal guidance in course selection, instruction, degree requirements and transfer decisions
  • Promotion of extracurricular activities
  • Field trips to four-year institutions
  • Small group activities and seminars
  • Interaction with other students and faculty in a learning community
  • An integrated academic program
  • The study of multicultural issues (The center welcomes minority students and is designed to promote their success at Triton.)
  • Internet-supported and "Distance Learning" classes
  • International Study and Travel for college credit
  • Travel Scholarship Award

The Undergraduate Center offers interdisciplinary combinations of courses such as these:

Semester One (Fall)
# ENG 103
Introduction to Fiction
3

PHL 101
Introduction to Philosophy
3

SOC 100
Introduction to Sociology
3

SPE 101
Principles of Effective Speaking
3




Semester Two (Spring)
# BIS 241
Human Anatomy and Physiology II
4

HIS 151
History of the United States to 1877
3
#
RHT 102
Freshman Rhetoric & Composition II
3

PHL 103
Ethics
3

PSY 201
Introduction to Social Psychology
3
# PSY 228
Psychology of Adulthood & Aging
3

SPE 130
Introduction to Theater
3




The Interdisciplinary Studies department also offers courses with an interdisciplinary focus, both on-campus and online, such as these:


HUM 296
Special Topics in Humanities
1-4

IDS 101
The Arts in Western Culture I
3

IDS 102
The Arts in Western Culture II
3

PHL 103
Ethics
3

PSY 201
Introduction to Social Psychology
3

SOC 100
Introduction to Sociology
3

SPE 130
Introduction to Theater
3




Note: Combinations of courses may be indicated in the class schedules by a special "UC" designation and number, for example:

SPE 101
Principles of Effective Speaking (UC2) and
3

RHT 101
Freshman Rhetoric and Composition I (UC2)
3

Chairperson: Allen Salzman, Ext. 3449



 

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